Rufus' POV:

All of a sudden, all the color drained from Sylvia's face and her lips quivered as she pushed me away.

Startled, I sobered up completely. I hugged her from behind and murmured, "What's the matter, honey?"

To my surprise, Sylvia burst into tears.

I was so anxious that I tried to turn her around to look at her in the eyes, but she refused.

"You're scaring me, Sylvia. What's wrong?" I tried harder to turn her around, only to find that tears were streaming down her cheeks and her eyes were full of despair.

asked, choked with sobs. She grabbed my

tried to wipe her tears away despite the anxiety gnawing at me. "Honey,

and whispered,

my heart. I felt suffocated. Seeing that she was too rattled to speak, I

She wiped her tears with the back of her hand and felt a little embarrassed to

looked into her

gaze. I could tell that

doesn't it?" Otherwise, she wouldn't

Hearing this, Sylvia stiffened.

It seemed I had guessed it right. Sylvia was hiding something from

have sex, on the day we left the border. I didn't think too much about that at the time. I just thought that she was not feeling well. But

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